| 单词 | tracer bullet |
| 释义 | > as lemmastracer bullet attributive and in other combinations, esp. as tracer bullet, tracer shell. ΚΠ 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xv. 278 A thin trail of dim light climbed skywards in a curve as a tracer shell hurtled its way through the air. 1918 ‘B. Cable’ Air Men o' War 22 Tracer bullets emit smoke and flame to allow the shooter to follow their flight. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station xii. 179 When about 1,500 feet below the airship, he fired two trays of explosive and tracer ammunition from his Lewis gun into her. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Aug. 4/6 During this exchange of fire, a Japanese plane had managed to get on the tail of Captain Walter's Warhawk. Tracer bullets were flying past him, but none hit. 1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 18/1 The flash and crack of the high-velocity tank guns, the low parabola of the tracer shell. 1969 G. MacBeth War Quartet 40 Tracer-filled In open air-space. 1973 M. Woodhouse Blue Bone xii. 135 A machine-gun stammered and tracer bullets began to draw graceful curves in space. 1976 A. White Long Silence vii. 58 I saw a lone fighter come in from the west... Sudden streams of tracer fire came from him. < as lemmas |
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